COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Fifteen Mountain West alums are on United Football League rosters heading into the 2025 campaign. Seven of the eight teams in the UFL boast at least one MW alum, including four on the Memphis Showboats and three each on the Arlington Renegades and Michigan Panthers.
The second season of the UFL, which formed in 2024 with the merger of the XFL and USFL, begins on Friday, March 28. The St. Louis Battlehawks will take on the Houston Roughnecks at 8 p.m. ET on FOX Sports for the debut of FOX UFL Friday. FOX will air 21 regular-season and postseason games, including a FOX UFL Friday night game each week during the 10-week regular season. Select games will also be televised on FS1.
The 2025 UFL Championship Game is set for Saturday, June 14, on ABC. Twenty-two games will appear on ESPN and ABC platforms this season and will also be available on ESPN+.
The opening game of the UFL season will feature a trio of MW alums in former Hawai‘i and San José State quarterback Chevan Cordeiro, former San Diego State defensive back Kameron Kelly and former Fresno State tight end Cam Sutton. Cordeiro, a two-time All-MW selection, was the No. 5 overall pick of the 2024 UFL draft by the Battlehawks. Kelly, a 2017 All-MW selection, enters his second season with St. Louis and Sutton is in his first season with the Roughnecks.
MW players on United Football League (UFL) rosters
Birmingham Stallions (1)
Kyahva Tezino, OLB, San Diego State
Houston Roughnecks (1)
Cam Sutton, TE, Fresno State
Memphis Showboats (4)
Turner Bernard, LS, San Diego State
Boogie Roberts, DL, San José State
Nehemiah Shelton, CB, San José State
Kyree Woods, CB, San Diego State
Michigan Panthers (3)
Frank Ginda, LB, San José State
Siaosi Mariner, WR, Utah State
Javin White, LB, UNLV
Arlington Renegades (3)
Alex Akingbulu, T, Fresno State
Nico Bolden, S, New Mexico
Carlton Johnson, CB, Fresno State
DC Defenders (1)
Tayler Hawkins, FS, San Diego State
St. Louis Battlehawks (2)
Chevan Cordeiro, QB, San José State
Kameron Kelly, DB, San Diego State
